General Base Swap Preserves Activity and Expands Substrate Tolerance in Hedgehog Autoprocessing.
Zhao, J., Ciulla, D.A., Xie, J., Wagner, A.G., Castillo, D.A., Zwarycz, A.S., Lin, Z., Beadle, S., Giner, J.L., Li, Z., Li, H., Banavali, N., Callahan, B.P., Wang, C.(2019) J Am Chem Soc 141: 18380-18384
- PubMed: 31682419 
- DOI: 10.1021/jacs.9b08914
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
6TYY - PubMed Abstract: 
Hedgehog (Hh) autoprocessing converts Hh precursor protein to cholesterylated Hh ligand for downstream signaling. A conserved active-site aspartate residue, D46, plays a key catalytic role in Hh autoprocessing by serving as a general base to activate sub ...